JP2542670B2 - Word processor - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a word processor, and more particularly to an improved word search system.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a word processor hits a reading of a word to be input and then hits a conversion key to display a group of words having the reading as candidates for an input word on a display unit. If the word to be entered is not found in the input word candidates, the display of another word group is repeated until it is found, and when it is found, the key corresponding to the word to be entered (for example, a numeric key) is typed. I was trying to do it.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In such a conventional method, since there is only a method of inputting the reading of the word as a method of extracting a word as a candidate for an input word from a word file, especially when inputting a standardized or standardized sentence, There is a drawback that the document must be searched even if the previously input word is to be input again.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a word processor having a new search means for searching a word concatenated with an input word in addition to the conventional word search by reading.

[Means for solving the problem]

The word processor of the present invention includes a keyboard, a display unit, and a control unit that detects a key issued on the keyboard and displays a word indicated by the pressed key on the display unit. In a word processor for creating a sentence, a word file in which a specific word and a plurality of concatenated words connected to the word are registered is provided, and the control unit is based on keystrokes on the keyboard as a word in the sentence to be created. If a specific key on the keyboard is pressed when the word being displayed on the display unit matches the specific word, the word file is accessed and at least a part of the plurality of concatenated words is accessed. Displaying on the display unit, and further, the control unit responds to a key designating one of the displayed concatenated words being pressed on the keyboard. And displaying the specified connected words by connecting to a word in the display.

[Work]

When a word is input and the concatenation instruction key is pressed, the related word record already prepared is displayed. Therefore, the sentence creation becomes extremely easy. By selecting the word record by the user himself and always creating it in the order of input history,
It can be extremely easy to use.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of the embodiment. Most of the circuit configuration is the same as a normal word processor.

The CPU 10, which is a control unit, controls each unit connected to the system bus. A keyboard 11 as an input device is connected via a keyboard interface 11A, and a printer 15 as a printing device is connected via a printer interface 15A. As the storage device, the floppy disk 14 is connected via the ROM 12, the RAM 13, and the floppy disk interface 14A. The ROM 12 includes a system program, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary, a printing font, and the like. The display unit 16 is, for example, a CRT display, and the CRT controller (CTRC) 16
A refers to the display first level character generator 16B and displays it on the CRT 16D via the character interface 16C. Here, the RAM 13 includes a graphic RAM.

In the present invention, the "connection" key 21 for inputting a connection instruction and the "registration" key 22 for inputting a registration instruction are provided especially on the keyboard 11, but it is also possible to use a function key without providing a special key. The word file 20 for storing word records is provided in the floppy disk 14 in this example, but it may be included in the ROM 12 as an EEPROM.

FIG. 2 shows the board surface of the keyboard 11,
A "connect" key 21 and a "register" key 22 are specially provided as shown.

FIG. 3 shows a record format of the word record of the present invention. 2a is the word identification number, 2b is the reading, 2c is the word, 2d is the maximum number of forward concatenated words to give to that word, and 2e is the current
Field number 2f is a pointer that points to another word identification number. 2f has as many fields as 2d. Each field number is from 0 to (number of 2d-1). The word in parentheses of 2f is the word indicated by the word identification number and is not necessary in this embodiment, but it is added for convenience of explanation. The current field number starts from 0 in the top of the 25th column and indicates what number it is, and is used when displaying a forward concatenated word, as will be described later. The dotted line is shown for the sake of explanation.

Next, in the present embodiment, a display example of the display unit 16 and a state in which a word record is changed by input will be described. Now, in FIG. 4, after inputting the word "sho", when the "connect" key 21 for displaying the candidate of the succeeding word is pressed, the CPU 10 causes 2e of the word record of "sho" shown in FIG. Find the field and find out that the current field number is 3. Therefore, the CPU 10 searches the field 2f from the field 3 in the descending order in the cyclic descending order, for example, to find three non-null word identification numbers, displays the words corresponding to the respective word identification numbers in the upper right part of FIG. 4, and waits for the user to press a key.

If the displayed three words do not match the sentence, the user presses the conversion key to display the following three words. CPU10 tries to display the next three words, but since there are only two words left in the 2f column,
As shown in FIG. 5, the two words and a message indicating the end of the list are displayed.

Here, the user selects, for example, the displayed “raise” as an input word and hits “2” corresponding to “raise”. CPU10 displays the word "raise" corresponding to "2" from the cursor position in the sentence, and
Increment the current field number by 1. If, as a result, the current field number matches the maximum number of forward connected words, the current field number is set to 0. In this case, it is 4. Next, the CPU 10 writes a word identification number of "increase" in the field corresponding to the current field number, and writes a NULL in that field if there is a word identification number of "increase" in another field. The resulting word record is shown in FIG.

When the input further progresses, and after inputting the word "Oku" in Fig. 7, when the "connect" key 21 for displaying the candidate of the following word is pressed, the control unit searches for the word record in the same manner as above, , This time, there is a word "I raise" that I want to input in the current field, so the user will type "1". In this case, CPU 10 does not need to change the word record to put "up" in the current field.

When the input further proceeds, and after inputting the word "Oh" in Fig. 8 and trying to input the word "delay", pressing the "connect" key 21 for displaying the candidates of the following words, the same as above. The CPU 10 searches for the word record, but this time, “delay” is displayed in the 2f field of the word record of “O”
Since there is no word identification number corresponding to, "delay" is not displayed in the upper right of the display unit. Therefore, the user inputs "delay" by himself and then presses the registration key 22 for registering the combination "delay-delay". Ie CPU10
Searches for the word "lag" in the word file, increments the current field number by 1 if found, and stores the "lag" word identification number in the current field. The result is shown in FIG. If not found, a message to that effect is displayed on the display.

In this way, the mechanism according to the invention can be used for producing the text of FIG. 10, for example. At this time, since word records are constructed at the same time in the order of input history, it is extremely convenient for creating similar sentences.

Although the syntax analysis function is not taken into consideration in this embodiment, more detailed association information can be taken out by applying the present invention to a word processor having a syntax analysis function and adding part-of-speech and word form change information.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when a specific key or a sequence of specific keys on the key board portion is pressed, a group of words that are connected in front of the specified word is extracted as candidates for the input word. , It has the effect of being able to help you choose the right language for your context.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a board surface of a keyboard, FIG. 3 is an example of a word record, and FIG.
FIG. 10 to FIG. 10 are examples, which show a state in which the display screen and word records are changed by input from the keyboard.
5, FIG. 7, FIG. 8 and FIG. 10 are display screens, FIG.
FIG. 9 is a word record. 10 …… CPU (control section), 11 …… keyboard, 12 …… ROM, 13 …… RAM, 14 …… floppy disk, 16 …… display section, 20 …… word file, 21 …… “connect” key , 22 …… “Register” key.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A keyboard, a display unit, and a control unit for detecting a keystroked key on the keyboard and displaying a word indicated by the keystroked key on the display unit, wherein a sentence is displayed on the display unit. In the word processor to be created, a word file in which a specific word and a plurality of concatenated words connected to the word are registered is provided, and the control unit displays the word as a word in a sentence to be created based on keystrokes on the keyboard. When the word displayed in the section matches the specific word and a specific key on the keyboard is pressed, the word file is accessed to display at least a part of the plurality of concatenated words. Further, the control unit is responsive to a key designating one of the displayed concatenated words being pressed on the keyboard,
A word processor, wherein the specified concatenated word is concatenated and displayed with the word being displayed.